Fool, dost thou think he'd revel on the store,
Absolve the care of Heav'n, nor ask for more?

Though waters flow'd, flow'rs bloom'd, and Phœbus shone,
He'd sigh, he'd murmur, that he was alone.
For know, the Maker on the human breast,
A sense of kindred, country, man, impress'd.
11 Though nature's works the ruling mind declare,
And well deserve inquiry's serious care,
The God, (whate'er misanthropy may say,)
Shines, beams in man with most unclouded ray.
What boots it thee to fly from pole to pole?
Hang o'er the sun, and with the planets roll?
What boots through space's furthest bourns to roam?
If thou, O man, a stranger art at home.

Then know thyself, the human mind survey;
The use, the pleasure, will the toil repay.
12 Nor study only, practice what you know;
Your life, your knowledge, to mankind you owe.
With Plato's olive wreath the bays entwine;
Those who in study, should in practice shine.
Say, does the learned lord of Hagley's shade,
Charm man so much by mossy fountains laid,
As when arous'd, he stems corruption's course,
And shakes the senate with a Tully's force?
When freedom gasp'd beneath a Caesar's feet,
Then public virtue might to shades retreat:
But where she breathes, the least may useful be,
And freedom, Britain, still belongs to thee.

13 Though man's ungrateful, or though fortune frown;
Is the reward of worth a song, or crown?
Nor yet unrecompens'd are virtue's pains;
Good Allen lives, and bounteous Brunswick reigns.
On each condition disappointments wait,
Enter the hut, and force the guarded gate.
Nor dare repine, though early friendship bleed,
From love, the world, and all its cares, he's freed.
But know, adversity's the child of God:

Whom Heaven approves of most, must feel her rod.
When smooth old Ocean, and each storm's asleep,
Then ignorance may plough the watery deep;
But when the demons of the tempest rave,
Skill must conduct the vessel through the wave.
14 Sidney, what good man envies not thy blow?
Who would not wish Anytus*-for a foe?
Intrepid virtue triumphs over fate;

* One of the accusors of Socrates.

The good can never be unfortunate.
And be this maxim graven in thy mind;
The height of virtue is, to serve mankind.
But when old age has silver'd o'er thy head,
When memory fails, and all thy vigour's fled,
Then mayst thou seek the stillness of retreat,
Then hear aloof the human tempest beat;
Then will I greet thee to my woodland cave,
Allay the pangs of age, and smooth thy grave.

CONTENTS.

PART I.

PIECES IN PROSE.

CHAPTER I.

Select Sentences and Paragraphs.

CHAPTER II.

Narrative Pieces.

GRAINGER.

Sect. 1. No rank or possessions can make the guilty mind happy

2. Change of external condition often adverse to virtue

8. Haman; or the misery of pride

4. Lady Jane Grey

5. Ortogrul; or the vanity of riches

6. The bill of science

7. The journey of a day; a picture of human life

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Didactic Pieces.

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5. A suspicious temper the source of misery to its possessor.

6. Comforts of religion

8. On the importance of order in the distribution of our time . .

9. The dignity of virtue amidst corrupt examples

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12. Rank and riches afford no ground for envy

13. Patience under provocations our interest as well as duty

14. Moderation in our wishes recommended

15. Omniscience and omnipresence of the Deity, the source of

consolation to good men

CHAPTER IV.

Argumentative Pieces.

Sect. 1. Happiness is founded in rectitude of conduct

2. Virtue and piety man's highest interest
3. The injustice of an uncharitable spirit

4. The misfortunes of men mostly chargeable on themselves

5. On disinterested friendship

6. On the immortality of the soul

Sect. 1. The seasons

CHAPTER V.

Descriptive Pieces.

2. The cataract of Niagara, in Canada, North America

S. The grotto of Antiparos

4. The grotto of Antiparos continued

5. Earthquake at Catanea

6. Creation

7. Charity

8. Prosperity is redoubled to a good man

9. On the beauties of the Psalms

10. Character of Alfred, king of England

11. Character of Queen Elizabeth

12. The slavery of vice

13. The man of integrity

14. Gentleness

CHAPTER VI.

Pathetic Pieces.

Sect. 1. Trial and execution of the Earl of Strafford

2. An eminent instance of true fortitude of mind

8. The good man's comfort in affliction

4. The close of life

5. Exalted society, and the renewal of virtuous connexions,

two sources of future felicity

6. The clemency and amiable character of the patriarch Joseph

7. Altamont

CHAPTER VII.

Dialogues.

Sect. 1, Democritus and Heraclitus

2. Dionysius, Pythias, and Damon

8. Locke and Bayle

CHAPTER VIII.

Sect. 1. Cicero against Verres

Public Speeches.

2. Speech of Adherbal to the Roman Senate, imploring

their protection against Jugurtha

S. The Apostle Paul's noble defence before Festus and Agrippa

4. Lord Mansfield's speech in the House of Lords, 1770, on the bill

for preventing the delays of justice, by claiming the privi

lege of parliament

3. Letter from Pliny to Marcellinus, on the death of an amiable

5. On the government of our thoughts

6. On the evils which flow from unrestrained passions

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7. On the proper state of our temper with respect to one another
8. Excellence of the Holy Scriptures

a Reflections occasioned by a review of the blessings, pronounced
by Christ on his disciples, in his sermon on the mount

10. Schemes of life often illusory,

11. The pleasures of virtuous sensibility,

12. On the true honour of man,

13. The influence of devotion on the happiness of life,

14. The planetary and terrestrial worlds comparatively considered,

15. On the power of custom, and the uses to which it may be applied, 150

16. The pleasures resulting from a proper use of our faculties,

17. Description of candour,

18. On the imperfection of that happiness which rests solely on

worldly pleasures,

19. What are the real and solid enjoyments of buman life,

20. Scale of beings,

21. Trust in the care of Providence recommended,

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22. Piety and gratitude enliven prosperity,

23. Virtue, when deeply rooted, is not subject to the influence of

fortune,

24. The Speech of Fabricius, a Roman ambassador, to king Pyrrhus,

25. Character of James I. king of England,

26. Charles V. emperor of Germany, resigns his dominions, and,

retires from the world,

27 The same subject continued, .

PART II.

PIECES IN POETRY.

CHAPTER I.

Select Sentences and Paragraphs.

Sect. 1. Short and easy sentences,

2. Verses in which the lines are of different length,

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3. Verses containing exclamations, interrogations, and parentheses, 175

4. Verses in various forms,

5. Verses in which sound corresponds to signification,
6. Paragraphs of greater length,

2. The nightingale and the glow-worm,

3. The trials of virtue,

4. The youth and the philosopher,

5. Discourse between Adam and Eve, retiring to rest,

6. Religion and death,

4. Cruelty to brutes censured,

5. A paraphrase on the latter part of the 6th chapter

10. That philosophy, which stops at secondary causes,

reproved,

11. Indignant sentiments on national prejudices and hatred;
and on slavery,

CHAPTER IV.

Descriptive Pieces.

Sect. 1. The morning in summer,

2. Rural sounds, as well as rural sights, delightful,

3. The rose,

4. Care of birds for their young,

5. Liberty and slavery contrasted,

6. Charity. A paraphrase on the 18th chapter of the
First Epistle to the Corinthians,

7. Picture of a good man,

8. The pleasures of retirement,

9. The pleasure and benefit of an improved and well-
directed imagination,

Sect. 1. The hermit,

2. The beggar's petition,

3. Unhappy close of life,.

4. Elegy to pity,

CHAPTER V.

Pathetic Pieces.

5. Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk,
during his solitary abode in the Island of Juan
Fernandez,

6. Gratitude,

7. A man perishing in the snow; from whence reflec-
tions are raised on the miseries of life,

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